LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 facts for kids
A LAM Mozambique Airlines Embraer 190, similar to the one involved in the accident.
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| Date | 29 November 2013 |
| Place | Bwabwata National Park, Namibia 18°11′36″S 21°52′09″E / 18.19333°S 21.86917°E |
| Passengers | 27 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 33 (all) |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | Embraer 190 |
| Aircraft name | Chaimite |
| Airline/user | LAM Mozambique Airlines |
| Registration | C9-EMC |
| Flew from | Maputo International Airport, Maputo, Mozambique |
| Flying to | Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, Luanda, Angola |
LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 was a scheduled international passenger flight by carrier LAM Mozambique Airlines from Maputo International Airport of Maputo, Mozambique. It crashed on 29 November 2013 into the Bwabwata National Park in northern Namibia en route to Quatro de Fevereiro Airport of Luanda, Angola. The wreckage of the aircraft was found the next day. All 27 passengers and six crew members were killed. It was later found out that the aircraft was crashed on purpose by the pilot, Herminio dos Santos Fernandes.
All crew members and ten passengers were from Mozambique, nine from Angola, five from Portugal, one from France, one from Brazil, and one from China.
See also
In Spanish: Vuelo 470 de LAM Aerolíneas de Mozambique para niños
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